The December 2008 Crammont rock avalanche, Mont Blanc massif area, Italy

• Main Authors: Deline, Philip, Broccolato, Massimo, Noetzli, Jeannette, Ravanel, Ludovic, Tamburini, Andrea
• Other Authors: Environnements, Dynamiques et Territoires de la Montagne (EDYTEM), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Servizio Geologico della Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta, Administration Régionale de la vallée d'Aoste, Glaciology, Geomorphodynamics & Geochronology
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2011
• Subjects: Mont Blanc; permafrost
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/halsde-00873375

International audience Rock avalanching is a very hazardous process in high mountain area. Present climatically induced glacier shrinkage and permafrost degradation could increase its frequency and magnitude. A 0.5 M m3 rock avalanche affected the 400-m-high North face of Mont Crammont (western Ital...